MySpace movie shooting this week
By Stuart Kemp
Oct 24, 2007

LONDON -- What is billed as the world's first user-generated movie -- launched by MySpace, Vertigo Films and Film4 and backed by the U.K. Film Council and Screen WM -- will begin shooting this week, backers said Tuesday.

The backers for the project, titled "Faintheart," launched an Internet-wide search for a director and wannabe movie stars from among the great unwashed to star alongside a British who's who of indie talent including Eddie Marsan ("Miami Vice"), Ewan Bremner ("Hallam Foe") and Jessica Hynes ("Shaun of the Dead").

Vito Rocco, who won MySpace's £1 million ($2 million) directing competition -- voted on by the MySpace community -- is behind the camera for the shoot. More than 500,000 voters selected Rocco's winning short film, "Goodbye Cruel World," in the race for the canvas seat.

"Faintheart" is billed as a romantic comedy about people who re-enact Viking battles as a hobby. It centers on a "weekend warrior" who goes on an epic quest to win back his wife after she leaves him, branding him childish and irresponsible.

The Hollywood Reporter
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